The Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2024 World Series champions.

The Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in exciting Game 5 of the World Series, defeating New York in five games by a final score of 7–6.

Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler earned the save after pitching one inning in the World Series finale, allowing zero hits, zero walks and striking out two batters, including former Dodgers outfielder Alex Verdugo.

The Dodgers captured their eighth World Series championship in franchise history and first since 2020. However, this was the first World Series title in a 162-game season since 1988.

The Dodgers have proven all season long that they are the best team, and they have also shown why they are the most gritty, durable and resilient team of the 2024 season.

The final game of the 2024 season did not come easily; In fact, many thought the game was over after the Dodgers fell behind 5-0 in the third inning.

But they didn’t give up, as the Dodgers kept going all season long. LA scored five runs in the fifth inning to tie the game, and they got some help from the Yankees, too.

The Yankees had some hiccups; These included Aaron Judge giving up what should have been an easy fly to center, Anthony Volpe throwing to third base instead of first base on a groundout, and Geritt Cole not covering first base in place of Anthony Rizzo on Mookie Betts. grounding

This was a shaky start for Dodgers pitcher Jack Flaherty, who didn’t have his best stuff. He pitched just 1.1 innings, allowing four hits, four earned runs and one hit on 35 pitches.

Flaherty withdrew; However, as they had done all offseason, the bullpen came through and allowed only two earned runs while the offense caught fire and got some help from the Yankee defense.

Shohei Ohtani wasn’t at his best throughout the entire World Series, and while that wasn’t ideal, others, including World Series MVP Freddie Freeman, made great strides.

Freeman had the run of his life in the 2024 World Series, posting a .300 batting average with six hits, four home runs, 12 RBIs and five runs scored in five games.

The Dodgers are back at the top of the mountain, and after years of underachievement and their 2020 championship being deemed “illegitimate” by some, there’s nothing they can say anymore.